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Project Greenlight
Project Greenlight gives aspiring filmmakers access to independent filmmaking through an online community, a film, and a television documentary series. Project Greenlight holds a contest where one person or team gets to make their original film. Miramax Films finances production of the film with a minimum $1million production budget, and will releases it in theaters. An HBO documentary series shows the entire filmmaking process, from the selection of the script, through production and editing, to the film's theatrical run. In addition to the contest, the Project Greenlight community provides a forum for screenwriters and filmmakers to work on their ideas and gain knowledge in a peer-to-peer environment.
The Contest
The Contest is now over, it was won by Pete Jones for his screenplay "Stolen Summer."
The Project Greenlight Contest began when Miramax Films & Television and LivePlanet joined together to create an online screenwriting competition designed to give an aspiring, unknown screenwriter the chance to make their movie. Miramax would finance and release the film and television series, and Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, and Chris Moore (co-producer of "Good Will Hunting" & producer of "American Pie") of LivePlanet would executive produce them. In addition, there was hope that, through such a competition, other amateur writers might gain the attention of Hollywood agents, managers, and studio executives.
On the web at www.projectgreenlight.com, over 10,000 people submitted over 7,000 screenplays, individually or in teams, between September 25, 2000 and October 22, 2000. During that time ProjectGreenlight.com grew into the world's largest online community for people with an interest in filmmaking. The Project Greenlight Contest culminated on March 1, 2001, when Pete Jones' screenplay "Stolen Summer" was selected as the winner through a process that included the online community and the executive producers.
Upon winning the Project Greenlight Contest, Pete Jones took "Stolen Summer" into pre-production with a $1 million production budget, as well as a guaranteed theatrical release from Miramax. During filmmaking, HBO shot a behind-the-scenes documentary series about the trials and tribulations of making of an independent film.
The projectgreenlight.com site continues to chronicle the progress of the film "Stolen Summer" as well as other success gained by its contest alumni and community.
To read more about the Project Greenlight Contest, click here.
To view the Top 10 scenes of the Project Greenlight Contest, click here.
To find out more about the production of "Stolen Summer," click here.
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